Barely three months into 2025, we already have a best-selling comic book of the year contender; one performing so well, it is going to be hard to beat. Unsurprisingly, Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee's hotly-anticipated Batman #158, which marks the start of their Hush sequel story arc, already has over 400,000 orders from comic book stores.
DC Comics took to Bluesky to share the impressive Batman: H2SH numbers. "Congratulations to Jeph Loeb, @jimlee.bsky.social, Scott Williams, @sinccolor.bsky.social, @richstarkings.bsky.social, and our amazing variant cover artists for more than 400,000 copies ordered of BATMAN #158, chapter one of "H2SH"!" the publisher wrote. DC thanked the retailers who ordered Batman #158 and encouraged fans to pick it up when it debuts on March 26. DC incentivized retailers to purchase copies in large amounts with ratio variants, including 1:25, 1:50, 1:100,1:250, and two signed 1:608 variants. Comic stores that ordered a thousand copies received a 1:1000 variant signed by the creators Loeb and Lee.
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DC will allow comic book stores to sell Batman #158 a day early on March 25, starting at 6:08 p.m. local time. In addition, retailers who order a minimum of one 25-count bundle of Batman #159 ashcans qualify to obtain a Batman #158 Launch Party Glow-in-the-Dark variant cover, which they can order as an open-to-order variant.
DC will also publish a giant-size version of Batman #158. Per the publisher, "This unique version of Batman #158 presents the amazing artwork of Lee, Williams, and Sinclair at artboard size. Batman #158 Giant-Size Special Edition is a special widescreen edition of the pivotal issue, measuring 11" x 17" and allowing readers to pore over all the stunning details of the breathtaking art, at the size that it was created." Batman #158 Giant-Size Special Edition will arrive with a standard cover for $14.99 and a foil edition for $19.99.
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The Batman: Hush Sequel
Announced at last year's New York Comic Con, the upcoming Hush sequel arc will take place across Batman #158-163 and marks the return of Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair to collaborate with Lee and Loeb, alongside Richard Starkings. The villain Hush's return is teased to involve his continued manipulation of Batman and the Bat-family.
Considered one of the Caped Crusader's greatest stories, the original Hush storyline debuted in October 2002 and ran from Batman #608–619, ending in September 2003. The story sees the mysterious titular villain sabotage Batman by manipulating the hero, his allies, and his rogues gallery.
Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee's Batman #158 goes on sale March 26 from DC Comics.
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